Metadata for checklists available in GIFT

Retrieves the metadata of each checklist within GIFT.

Usage

GIFT_lists(
  api = "https://gift.uni-goettingen.de/api/extended/",
  GIFT_version = "latest"
)

Arguments

api: character string defining from which API the data will be retrieved.
GIFT_version: character string defining the version of the GIFT database to use. The function retrieves by default the latest stable version. If set to beta, the most up-to-date version which is still subject to changes and edits is used.

Value

A data frame with 15 columns.

Details

Here is what each column refers to:

ref_ID - Identification number of each reference.
Columns type and subset indicate what information can be found in each reference. Similarly, native_indicated, natural_indicated and end_ref indicate respectively whether native, naturalized and endemic species were stated in the reference. restricted refers to the availability of the reference, taxon_ID to the taxonomic group available in a reference. list_ID is the identification number of a checklist within a reference, entity_ID of the associated polygon. geo_entity associates a name to this identification number. suit_geo indicates whether the checklist is suitable for use, entity_class and entity_unit give additional details about the polygon.

References

 Denelle, P., Weigelt, P., & Kreft, H. (2023). GIFT—An R package to
 access the Global Inventory of Floras and Traits. Methods in Ecology
 and Evolution, 14, 2738-2748.
 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14213

 Weigelt, P, König, C, Kreft, H. GIFT – A Global Inventory of Floras and
 Traits for macroecology and biogeography. J Biogeogr. 2020; 47: 16– 43.
 https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13623

Examples

# \donttest{
ex <- GIFT_lists()
#> You are asking for the latest stable version of GIFT which is 3.2.
# }